Lifting jack for motor vehicles



July 10, 1923- 1,461,353

- A. 1 HOLTON LIFTING JACK FOR MOTORNEHICLES .Filed June 12 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 1,461,353 A L. HOLTQN LIFTING JACK FOR MOTOR VEHICLES Filed June 12, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented July 1%, i923.

Iii fillhTES ABNER L. HDLTOIT, BIG: STGBTE GAP, FIRGIJ5H- LIFTING JACK FOB, MOTOR VEHIGLES.

' k Application flied June 22, 1922. Serial lio. 537,691.

T 0 all whom is may concern: base or portion that comes incontact with Be it known that I, Aswan L. HoL'roN, a the ground, up to the top. citizen of the UnitedSt-ates, and a resident F lgure 5 is a detailed perspective view of of Big Stone Gap, in the county of Wise a separate base to be attached to and used 5 and State of Virginia, have invented -cerin connection with that part of the inven-' tain new and useful Improvements in Lifttion shown'in Figure 4.

in Jacks for Motor Vehicles, of which the Figure 6 is a detailed perspective view of to owing is a specification. a base difierently constructed from the one This inven'ton relates to a lfting jack for shown in Figure 5, 10 motor vehicles or the like. Figure 7 is a detailed perspective of the The invention more particularly relates lower portion of Figure 4 constructed so as to the type of lifting jack in which the moas to permit the use of the base shown in tive power of a vehicle is utilized for ele- Figure 6. voting one or more of its wheels and has for Figure 8 shows in detail how the base 15 its object to provide such a device which illustrated-in Figure 6 is attached to and may be quickly and easily applied to either used as a part of my invention. a rear or front wheel of a motor vehicle Figure 9 shows in detail how the base and serve to elevate such wheel a predeterillustrated in Figure 5 is attached to Figmined degree whenthe motor vehicle is adure 4.

29 vanced or moved rearward a suti'icient de- Referring to the drawingsmore particugree. larly, T represents the tire of an automobile It is also an important object of the inwheel, F the telly of the wheel and S the vention that the lifting device when applied spokes. H indicates the hub of the wheel. to a wheel of a motor vehicle for elevating In carrying out the present invention 25 the some that no part of the wheel will be there is provided a body member 10, which subjected to an undue strain. is preferably of the width shown in Figure It is a further object of the invention that 4, with one straight piece 11 at the bottom the device be adapted to 'in no way mar or which extends substantially at right angles scratch a wheel to which the same may be to the body member 10 and another piece 12 39 applied for lifting said wheel. at the top of the body'member 10 extend- It is also within the scope of the invening at substantially right angles but form-I tion that the device he entremely simple in mg a square shape, the body member 10 and construction and inexpensive to manufacpiece 11 and piece 12 forming a substantially ture. U-shaped shoe or yolre to fit about the felly 35 Other objects and advantages relating to and tire of a motor vehicle wheel. Piece details of construction, combination and are 12 also has extending therefrom at suhstan- 9 rangement of parts will hereinafter appear. tially right angles to the piece 12, an arm The invention is illustrated by way 01". 13 having an oblong slot 17 near its upper example in the accompanying drawings, in extremity. This arm 13 also has extending.

* which:- at right angles to it a threaded bolt 38.

Figure 1 is a view of the front wheel of the inner side of the arm 13, near the top, 9 an automobile illustrating the application and surrounding the oblong slot or hole 17 of the lilting device to a front wheel previthere is a sheet of rubber 40. Attached to ous to lifting the front wheel. the arm 13 is a rectangular shaped lug 14,

45 Figure 2 shows the relative position of the havinga rounded portion at the top covered lifting device and. wheel after the car has with rubber 15. The topof-this lugl, Figbeen moved forward and the wheel elevated. e n Combination Wlth arm F g Figure 3 is a fragmentary front elevation, 4, forms a U, 14 being one leg of the U and of the view shown in Figure 2 and with 13 being the other leg of the U and 15 the 50 part of the automobile wheel broken away bottom of that]. The lug 14 is held to arm to more clearly illustrate the application 13 by a threaded bolt 39 and wing nut' lfi, of the invention. the bolt 39 being passed through the oblong Figure is a detailed perspective view of hole 17 and the wing nut 16 then tightened. b

that portion of the lifting. device from the On the outside of arm 13 an upright piece v 'part of this invention, either or wine or latch 18 is provided with a square shoulder 21 at its lower end and having an oblong hole 20 through which the bolt 38 is passed. A wing nut 19 is provided to hold this upright piece 18 in the desired position. About half way to the top of arm 13 a small knob or lug 22 is provided, under which latch 18 sets and which knob 22 acts as a brace. This operation will be more fullv described later. The straight piece 11 is so constructed as to permit the use of it as the ground engag ing means of the device, therefore the bottom is hollowed out at 24, Figure 4. leaping flat bearing surfaces 23 on each side. This arrangement will work all right on hard ground or paved surfaces but on account of body member 10 being necessarily narrow enough so as to permit of its being passed between the spokes S of the wheel. it will not answer the purpose on soft ground because the operator cannot tell when his lifting device is straight up, and thus stop his car the desired place. To overcome this trouble I have provided two separate ha 5 as h may be used as preferred. Figure 5 shows one and Figure 6 shows the other. Figure 5 is provided with two slots 25 and a curv d portion on one side, 27 t 28. This base i hollowed out at 26, the underside making the point of contact when the wheel is jacked up at 28 and .29. On the opposite side ot' this base from the curved side is a fiat portion 29 and this flat portion 29 is made relatively long When the operator drives his car ahead the first point of contact with the ground is at point 27 and thela'st point contact with the ground on the curved side is at point 28 and then point 29. the fiat base, makes solid contact with the ground indicat ing that the jack is in vertical position. If the operator tries to force his car ahead after point or base 29 contacts with the ground then the next bearing surface is at point 30. As point 28 and 29 leaves the ground the engine necessarily pulls heavier and the car is also raised relatively higher than it should be indicating to the operator quickly and effectively just when tostop his engine to prevent the wheel turning all the way over point 30. This base is shown slipped on to 11 in Figure 9. Bearing surface 29 could be made long enough to prevent the wheel from moving beyond the upright. position of the jack.

In Figure 6 another base is shown and by reference to Figures '7 and 8 it will he read ily seen how this base is to be operated, In Figure 7 a portion the straight piece 10 is shown andextending from same at right angles a substitute piece 41 which takes the place of the straight piece 11 shown in igure 4, Piece 41 Figure 7 is made with a round bearing 36 on each side, this being acthe weight on the complished by hollowing out portions 37 and top of 41, leaving the center'fiat, ii. and the round bearings on. each side. The base shown in Figure 6 has a curved arch portion 3;). the arched portion extending over to point 32 leaving the hollow portion 31 which may he slipped on the rounded bearings 36, Figure 7 and as shown in Figure 8. When this base is slipped on to the rounded hearing 36, and before the car is move; 1 irward the direction of the 33 being heavier than in the direction of point 34 it necessarily drops down to the position indicated by dotted lines in Figure throwing one side of". the ase in contact with the tire T of the wheel. the full line in Fig ure 8 shows the wheel iaclied up and the base flat on the ground. The dotted. lines show the position of the base when it is slipped rounded bearing 36 and setoi'e the ear n'mvcd'ahea As the wl is moved the position of the forms a bridge and bridge until it passes at the rounded hearing 36' when 3 l; to the gure It the position at the solid lines is a-tained nohe of the base comes contact 7th the ground except point To lift the wheel over this point it takes eritra power which immediately indicate to the operator that it is time to stop his engine because the is then straight up and the tire T clear of the ground ready to be taken oft. Special attention is called to the construction of these bases; in the operation of the device the function they perform is very important.

When it is desired to use the present litting device the same should be,applied as shown in Figure 1. The body member 10, Figure has been inserted between a pair of spolres and the lug 14 brought up to contact with the hub H between the spokesti as shown in vFigure When this is done leg 14 contacts the wheel on the inside slightly above the upper end of the spokes; leg 13 contacts the outer face of the wheel near the upper extremity of the spokes and'the bottom of the U 15 contacts the wheel in the crotch of the spokes. 'l. he square part of piece 12 Figure t rests on the telly F of the wheel as shown in Figure 3. then the latch 18 is set under the knob or lug 22. and the square portion 21 is set on the folly F of the wheel, and wing nut 19 is turned tight until the squares 12 and 21 clamp the telly F of the wheel on both sides holding the device rigid. After this is done the lug 1a Figure 4 is pushed into close contact with the hub H Figure 3 by taking hold of the threaded the cent r the Wei position car is driv bolt 39 Figure 4- and the wing nut 16 tight- 28. If this rounded or curved portion27 to.

28, Figure 5, was not provided and each side of the base was flat the point of contact with the ground would be very much further away from the tire T and it would take greater power to make the wheel raise to the right elevation, and there would be more chance of it going on over instead of stopping when the jack is vertical. It will also be seen that the weight of the car is thrown on the lug 14 which is padded on top with rubber or felt 15.

What I claim is:

1. In combination with a motor vehicle wheel a device consisting of a substantially U-shaped shoe or yoke adapted to be fitted about the tire and felly of said motor vehicle wheel, having an arm extending from the upper leg of the shoeor yoke at substantially right angles thereto, the arm having an elongated hole near the top throughwhioh to pass a threaded bolt, said bolt having on one end a wheel supporting lug and on the opposite end a thumb nut; and a 1 latch to fasten the device to the wheel.

2. In combination with a motor vehicle wheel, a device consisting of a substantlally U-shaped shoe or yoke to be fitted about the tire and felly of said wheel, and extending from the upper leg of the shoe or yoke at substantially right angles thereto, an upright arm.with a wheel supporting lug at right angles to said arm, a threaded bolt at right angles to said arm, a latch on the threaded bolt and a wing nut behind the .latch, said bolt latch and wing nut to be used to clamp the device to the wheel as de tact the'-wheel of the motor vehicle in the about the tire lug on one side,

crotch of the spokes, and both sides of the" wheel slightly above the crotch of the spokes for the purpose described.

4:. A devicehaving a supporting arm with a threaded bolt at right angles to said arm; a latch on the threaded bolt, the lower end of said latch to contact the outer edge and top of the felly of the wheel of a motor vehicle, an elongated hole in the lower half of the latch through which to pass the I threaded bolt, the upper end of said latch to contact the supporting arm to hold said device in rigid contact with a motor vehicle wheel as described.

5. A wheel elevating device comprising a substantially U-shaped shoe or yoke to fit and felly of the wheel, having an arm extending from the upper leg of the shoe or yoke at substantially right angle thereto, said arm having a wheel supporting the lower leg or ground engaging member of said. shoe or yoke having two three-quarter round hearings on the top side directly opposite each other and a separate base to fit on the saidbearingsvin the manner described.

6. A wheel elevating device comprising a substantially U-shaped shoe or yoke to fit about the tire and folly of the wheel, having an arm extending from the upper leg of the shoe or yoke at substantially right angles thereto, said arm having a wheel supporting lug on, one side and a separate base to slip on the ground engaging member of the shoe or yoke for the purpose described.

7 In combination with a motor vehicle, a lifting device, a U'-shaped shoe or yoke,- part being disposed on the inner side of the tire, the upper leg of the shoe or yoke passing between the spokes and coming in contact with the telly of the wheel, with an arm extending' from the upper leg of the shoe or, yoke said arm paralleling the outside of the spokes and extending to a point opposite the outer face of the hub of the wheel, the arm having on its inner side a wheel supporting lug extending at and disposed between the spokes and arranged to contact with the wheel described.

' ABNER' L. HOLTON.

at the up-- per extremity of the spokes for the purpose right angles to the arm I 

